Doubleday 1983
Reviewers called it the best novel on India since Kipling. An immediate European bestseller, optioned by Indian/German producers who commissioned a six-hour mini-series, then Canadian producers with BBC.
Based on real people (ca. 1620) – an English “sea dog” shoots his way through Portuguese gallons and into an Indian port to open trade. Once on land, there’re tiger hun

Four American hospital workers in Saudi Arabia stumble upon a lost treasure. But a shrewd and brutal man is also after the treasure. The Americans attempt a desperate escape as henchmen pursue them across two oceans. Sexual tension builds and greed takes hold - testing the limits of their friendship as they cruise into danger.